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Multiple Parties Argue Blame Over Flooded Homes in Nebraska City

The city of Bellevue, Neb., the Metropolitan Utilities District, a plumbing contractor and its insurance company disagree about who’s to blame for a ruptured water line that flooded about 12 homes in February. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Gearhart Plumbing, …

New Drone Analytics Product Offers Faster Processing of Homeowners Claims

A drone combined with analytics offers insurers a way to not only inspect and investigate claims but also process them. US DataWing Aerial Analytics incorporates data and images captured by a drone using a proprietary algorithm – a set of …

Weather Most Common Cause of Homeowners Claims

Weather incidents were the most common cause of damages, resulting in more than half of all claims according to newly released data by The Travelers Companies, Inc., identifying the most common and costliest homeowners claims. Based on a review of …

Indiana Homeowner Disputes Weather Service Account of Storm

An eastern Indiana man who suffered storm damage earlier this month is challenging the National Weather Service’s ruling that straight-line winds caused the damage to his property. Randy Hubbard tells The Star Press the June 8 storm blew out windows, …

Adjusting Homeowners’ Claims in the Sharing Economy

Would you rent your home to a total stranger? This may seem like a daunting prospect at first, but internet companies like Airbnb, HomeAway and VBRO have helped millions of people to do just that. Reassured by social media tools …

Homeowners Concerned About Property but Content Inventories Remain Rare

Despite big storms and wildfires highlighting the need, home inventories are rare, say industry experts. A recent survey, conducted by Allstate, of Atlanta homeowners found that while than more than 90 percent of homeowners were concerned about protecting their homes, …

Corporate Representative Depositions: Should the Insurance Company Have a Voice?

When litigating the insurance policy provisions, no one is surprised when an insured’s attorney requests the deposition of an insurer’s corporate representative. Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.380 (b)(6) allows a party to request a corporation to designate a corporate …

Oklahoma Insurance Department Provides Breakdown of Claims Filed

Insurance claims filed in Oklahoma following the tornado outbreak at the end of May have jumped to 60,308 with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299, the top state insurance regulator reported. “These numbers are already staggering, and this is just the beginning,” …

Insurance Claims From May Oklahoma Tornadoes Top 60,000

The Oklahoma Insurance Department says more than 60,000 claims have been filed from tornadoes that raked the state last month, with total insurance payments currently topping $470,000. Insurance Commissioner John Doak released the latest figures on Tuesday and said it’s …

Mississippi Insurance Losses From Isaac Relatively Small

Private insurers expect to pay more than $24.3 million in claims in Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Isaac, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says. Chaney says that as of Wednesday, Mississippi’s 21 largest insurers had received 9,400 claims and paid …